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      Funny Boy

      Shyam Selvadurai

      Arjie is “funny.”

      The second son of a privileged family in Sri Lanka, he prefers staging make-believe wedding pageants with his female cousins to batting balls with the other boys. When his parents discover his innocent pastime, Arjie is forced to abandon his idyllic childhoo...

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      Taschenbuch (Englisch)

      Funny Boy

      Shyam Selvadurai

      A Novel in Six Stories

      'An extraordinarily powerful, deeply moving novel' Amitav Ghosh

      NOW A MAJOR FILM ON NETFLIX

      In the world of his large family - affluent Tamils living in Colombo - Arjie is an oddity, a 'funny boy' who prefers dressing as a girl to playing cricket with his brother.
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      Funny Boy
      eBook

      Funny Boy

      Shyam Selvadurai

      A Novel

      Now a major motion picture. An evocative coming-of-age novel about growing up gay in Sri Lanka during the turbulent and deadly Tamil-Sinhalese conflict. Arjie is "funny." The second son of a privileged family in Sri Lanka, he prefers staging make-believe wedding pageants with his female cousins to b...

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      • 13. Sept 2022

        Touching coming-of-age story

        von RadioSilence

        I would not have bought this novel - or even known that it existed - if it were not for Jack Edwards who recommended it on his YouTube channel. Funny Boy is one of his favourite books. My e-book version is 180 pages long, so rather short, but the story is packed and feels longer than it actually is (but in a good way). I did not want this novel to end, because it was an amazing. The plot, the characters, the WRITING!! Funny Boy is multidimensional and complex and it just feels so real. It is my first novel from a Sri Lankian author which is also set in this country. Throughout reading Funny Boy I learnt a lot about Sri Lankian history and culture. The novel is set during the 1980s and the ethnic and political conflicts are a huge part of the plot. Coming-of-age is my favourite literary genre and Funny Boy will definitely make it on the list of the best coming-of-age novels I read so far. I think it is also one of the books I enjoyed the most this year.

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